CONWAY, Ark., Dec. 21, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB) today announced it expects to release Fourth Quarter 2007 earnings prior to the market opening on Thursday, January 17, 2008. Following this release, management will conduct a conference call to review this information at 1:00 p.m. CST (2:00 EST) on Thursday, January 17, 2008.
Interested parties can listen to this call by calling 1-800-860-2442 and asking for the Home BancShares conference call. A replay of the call will be available by calling 1-877-344-7529, Passcode: 414677, which will be available until January 25, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. Internet access to the call will be available live or in recorded version on the Company's website at www.homebancshares.com.
Home BancShares, Inc. is a financial holding company, headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, with five wholly owned bank subsidiaries that provide a broad range of commercial and retail banking and related financial services to businesses, real estate developers and investors, individuals and municipalities. Three of the bank subsidiaries are located in the central Arkansas market area, a fourth serves Stone County in north central Arkansas, and a fifth serves the Florida Keys and southwestern Florida. As previously announced, the Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Centennial Bancshares, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas. This transaction is expected to close on January 1, 2008. Upon completion of this acquisition, the Corporation will own six wholly owned banks, four in the central Arkansas market. The Company's common stock is traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HOMB".